I’m 17 years old. I go to a school in Basel, with biology and chemistry, which is pretty interesting but not always a pleasure. Um, I learn different languages as English, French, German, or Latin. Um, I like doing sports, and I have done different things in my life like rowing in a club or doing, uh, martial arts. Um, right now the summer is finally coming, even if it is still rather cold, badly, sadly. [clears throat]

[Translation: OK, yes I am in a untidy classroom, together with a person from St. Gall who is writing his Maturapaper, the blackboard uncleaned, everything full of scraps of paper; yes, shortly before the end of term and the anticipation for the holidays is rising.]

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